A hundred years ago | Labourers in Ceylon
A 1925 report by the Agent to the Government of India in Ceylon highlighted the poor living conditions and inadequate wages of Indian labourers. The report urged for the adoption of a standard living wage and better medical and educational facilities.
Why it matters
This historical snippet provides insight into the labor rights struggles of Indian workers in colonial-era Ceylon.
, July 17: In his report for 1925, Mr. S. Ranganathan, I.C.S, Agent to the Government of India in Ceylon, observed that no less than 40 per cent of the Indian labourers in Ceylon did not receive a living wage and calls attention to the inadequacy of arrangements regarding medical relief, housing and education and urges the adoption of a standard wage.
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